**Forkhill & District Development Association Ltd Company number NI040086 Charity number 100642** 

## **Trustees Report   01 February 2023 to 31 January 2024** 

## **Purposes and Aims** 

Our charity's purposes as set out in the objects contained in the company's memorandum of association are to: 

­ Promote the benefit of the inhabitants of Forkhill and surrounding area,without distinction of sex,sexual orientation,race,age or of political,religious or other opinions. 

­ To provide and equip premises and centres required for the purposes of the company. 

­ To organise,sponsor and conduct educational and training courses, meetings, conferences and exhibitions. 

## **Main Activities and Achievements** 

­During the year from 01/02/2023 to 31/01/2024, Forkhill and District Development Association provided 13 commercial units at reduced rental rates to local businesses. 

­During the year from 01/02/2023 to 31/01/2024, Forkhill and District Development Association promoted and advised on local development. 

## **Public Benefit** 

­ In setting our objectives and planning our activities for the year the trustees have given careful consideration to the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland's guidance on public benefit,ensuring that the activities have helped to achieve the charity's purposes and provide a benifit to the local community. 

## **Reponsibilities of the Management Committee** 

## Statement of directors responsibilities 

Company law requires the directors/management committee to prepare accounts for each financial year. 

Under that law the directors have elected to prepare the accounts in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law). 

Under company law the directors must not approve the accounts unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and of the profit or loss of the company for that period. 

In preparing these accounts, the directors are required to: 

select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently; make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; 

prepare the accounts on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business. 

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**Forkhill & District Development Association Ltd Company number NI040086 Charity number 100642** 

## **Trustees Report   01 February 2023 to 31 January 2024** 

The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and enable them to ensure that the accounts comply with the Companies Act 2006. 

They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. 

## **Members of the Management Committee** 

Members of the Management committee who are directors for the purpose of company law and trustees for the purpose of charity law,who served during the year and up to the date of this report are set out on page 2. 

In accordance with company law,as the company's directors,we certify that: 

so far as we are aware,there is no relevant audit information of which the company's auditors are unaware: and 

as the directors of the company we have taken all the steps that we ought to have taken in order to make ourselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the charity's auditors are aware of that information. 

## **Small company provisions** 

This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions in Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. 

This report was approved by the management committee and signed on its behalf by: 

Seamus McGivern Director 21-Oct-24 

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